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Iraqi Tips Lead to Captured Terrorists

Jan-21-2006 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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TIKRIT, Iraq – Three raids in northern Iraq led to five captures of anti-Iraqi forces, including one that was turned in by a cohort, Jan. 13.

Soldiers from Alaska’s 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team received a tip that led them to a terrorist cell member. Once the troops caught the terrorist, he turned informant and gave up another member of his cell.

Members of the cell are wanted for attacks against civilians and security forces, car theft, kidnapping and IED emplacement.

Three more AIF were detained near Mosul in relation to vehicle-borne IED attacks, based on information gathered by coalition resources. All three men were rounded up by the 172nd SBCT along with a sniper rifle and various identification cards.

Iraqi civilians in Mosul led Iraqi police and a patrol from the 172nd SBCT to the house of an anti-Iraqi forces man wanted for a drive-by shooting Jan. 15.

Iraqi police reported that a vehicle approached and began to fire at them with an automatic rifle. Many of the citizens who witnessed the event gave information concerning the direction the vehicle traveled.

The Soldiers responded to help the police as they followed tip after tip until the final one led them directly into the suspect’s yard.

The troops cordoned the area as the police did a search of the residence that turned up the car involved with the shooting as well as the man responsible.


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